Washing-machine



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WA$HING MACHINE.

N0. 261,020. Patented. July 11, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE O. MILLER, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,020, dated July 11,1882.

Application filed March 30, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. MILLER, of Alliance, in the county ofStark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWashing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and-exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the same.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the washing of clothes andother fabrics and prevent the clothes from being injured while beingwashed.

The invention consists in a washing-machine constructed with a tub, acorrugated cylinder journaled to the tub, and three corrugatedrubboards, hinged to each other and supported and pressed toward thecylinder by springs attached to the tub, whereby the clothes will belength as to raise the tub A to a convenient height.

0 are two horizontal bars, the ends of which are hinged to the ends ofupright bars D by rounds E.

To the bars 0 is attached a rub-board, F, the upper side of which isconcaved and corrugated. To each pair of upright bars D is attached arub-board, G, the face of which is corrugated, and may be straight orslightly concaved. The hinged rub-boards G F Gare supported by fourspiral springs, H, the lower ends of which are attached to the rounds Eand their upper ends are attached to the sides of the tub A, or tosupports attached to the said sides.

I are springs, the upper parts of which are coiled around and secured atone end to a rod, J, attached to supports K, secured to the up- (ModeL)per part of the sides of the tub A. The other I ends of the springs Irest against the outer sides of the rub-boards G.

Within the space between the rub-boards G F G is placed a cylinder, L,the face of which is corrugated. L work in bearings attached to the endsof the tub A. One of the journals of the cylinder L projects, and to itis attached the crank M, by means of which the machine is operated.

With this construction the clothes to be washedare placed in the spacebetween the cylinder L and the rub-boards G F G, and the said cylinderis revolved, rubbing the clothes and carrying them through the saidspace. The rubboard F is pressed upward by the springs H, and therub-boards G are pressed inward by the springs I, so as to hold theclothes against the cylinder L while being operated upon. The springs HI also allow the rubboards G F G to adjust themselves as the thicknessof the clothes passing through the machine may require.

The spaces between the rub boards G and the sides of the tub A areclosed by the covers N, which are attached to the sides and ends of thetub A. The covers N serve as aprons for the clothes to pass over whenbeing placed in and removed from the machine. In the outer part of oneof the covers N are formed openings 0, so that a wringer can be readilyattached to theupper edge of the side of the tub A.

The tub A can be covered by a suitable lid for the purpose ofretainingthe steam and heat while the machine is in use.

Having thus described myiuventiou, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In awashing-machine, the combination, with the tub A,and the corrugated cylinder L, of the horizontal bars (3, theupright'bars D, pivoted thereto by rounds E, the supportingsprings H,the hinged rub-boards G F G, and the springs I, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

GEORGE O. MILLER.

Witnesses:

L. W. BALLARD, M. W. LOWMAN.

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